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['Member']Joined: June 04, 2017 at 15:09Last active: June 17, 2017 at 16:461 discussions19 comments

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In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
The list of philosophers who support the claim that cosmological arguments are wrong includes: Immanuel Kant, Alvin Plantinga, Elliott Sober, and many...
June 05, 2017 at 15:53
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
Logical explanations are scientific explanations. However, cosmological arguments are excluded in logical explanations. Wrong arguments are excluded i...
June 05, 2017 at 15:38
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
Cosmological arguments include scientific concepts such as 'causality'. However, it does not follow that cosmological arguments provide reasons for th...
June 05, 2017 at 15:30
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
The list of logicians who support the claim that logic is part of science includes: Rudolf Carnap, Hans Reichenbach, Willard Van Orman Quine, and so m...
June 05, 2017 at 15:20
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
You misunderstood. The argument in OP is about 'reason to believe'. The conclusion is 'there is no reason to believe in God'. 'Reason to believe' is n...
June 05, 2017 at 15:17
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
Logic is a scientific discipline. Theism is not a scientific discipline.
June 05, 2017 at 14:51
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
Scientific explanations provide reasons to believe. Theists' claims about God do not provide reasons to believe the existence of God. Suppose that the...
June 05, 2017 at 14:48
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
Many logicians support the claim that logic is part of science.
June 05, 2017 at 14:38
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
I just claim that logic is part of science. You don't have to worship logic in Sunday school.
June 05, 2017 at 14:21
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
By 'logic' I meant formal logic with natural deduction, such as first-order predicate logic.
June 05, 2017 at 14:14
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
Many logicians support that logic is part of science. Philosophers of science do so.
June 05, 2017 at 14:05
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
I think logic is part of science. Logic is included in science.
June 05, 2017 at 13:55
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
Suppose that there is no scientific explanation about God, and actually God does not exist. Then, there is no reason to believe the existence of God, ...
June 05, 2017 at 13:46
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
Suppose that there are scientific explanations about atoms, and atoms actually exist. Then, there is a reason to believe the existence of atoms. Suppo...
June 05, 2017 at 13:44
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
What if I don't agree with your definition of belief???
June 05, 2017 at 13:37
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
What makes you think so???
June 05, 2017 at 13:05
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
Maybe there is.
June 05, 2017 at 12:59
In: On What Philosophical Atheism Is  — view comment
That's your opinion. Go ahead! You think so.
June 05, 2017 at 12:56
In: Discussion: Three Types of Atheism  — view comment
What about 'scientific atheism' or 'logical atheism'? Science leads us to which there is no God.
June 05, 2017 at 12:25
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